Real Version of Homer Simpson's Dream Car Built

Meshach writes "Some fans of The Simpsons have built a real-life version of Homer Simpson's dream car. In The Simpsons' world, Homer finds out he has a long, lost cousin named Herb Powell (voiced by Danny DeVito), who owns a car company in Detroit. Herb is so delighted to meet Homer that he allows Homer to design a car, which eventually ruins the company. This real vehicle is a working replica of the infamous car from the series."

The best part

[Dwedit]

The best part is the BORT license plate on the back of the vehicle.

Re:The best part

[Colonel Korn]

The best part is the BORT license plate on the back of the vehicle.

My son's name is also Bort.

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[cstdenis]

We need more Bort licence plates in the gift shops. I repeat we are sold out of Bort license plates.

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[ls671]

Nah, the best part is Marge who looks pretty fine to me. Also, what are those dents on the driver side on the base of the rear wing?

Count Homer's Win8 Self-Driving Bentley

[theodp]

Still a Concept Car. [staticflickr.com] :-)

Herb Powell is Homer's half brother :

[gijoel]

News for nerds. Seeshh!

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[icelator]

thank you, I can't believe so many people missed this.

Love this episode

[BTWR]

Herb: While you're here, I want you to make yourselves right at home. Anytime you're hungry, anytime day or night, Cook will make you anything you want.
Homer: Even pork chops?
Herb: Absolutely. We have a tennis court, a swimming pool, a screening room--
Homer: You mean, if I want pork chops, even in the middle of the night, your guy will fry 'em up?
Herb: Sure. That's what he's paid for. Now, if you need towels, laundry--
Homer: Wait!
Herb: Maids--
Homer: Wait, wait, wait, wait! Let me see if I've got this straight. It's Christmas day, 4:00 a.m., there's a rumble in my stomach--
Marge: Homer, please!
Herb: Your old man sure loves pork chops!
Bart: He sure does, Uncle Herb.

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[jones_supa]

For those who want to watch the excellent episode, it is called Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (S02E15), season 2 torrent [thepiratebay.sx].

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[pwizard2]

Torrenting old (10-15 YO) episodes is fair IMO since it's hard to find anything but the last few seasons on DVD anymore.

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[stinerman]

Really? [amazon.com]

I don't have a problem with torrenting stuff, but come on. It's not like 99.9% of the stuff out there can't be found with a minimum amount of effort.

He was very long, and very lost.

[Anonymous Coward]

It is "long lost cousin"; that comma really changes the meaning of the expression.

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[Bing Tsher E]

I didn't see a 'very' in there anywhere.

Real Version of Homer Simpson's Dream Car Built...

[TWX]

...no it isn't... It's a BMW with some stuff added to it for effect.

Don't get me wrong, I like it, but if it were going to be a real-life version of that car it'd probably have to be based on an actual finned car from the day, like an Imperial or Cadillac or Lincoln.

I've mused about cloning the ambulance from Cannonball Run, taking a hospital gurney and bolting it down half-hanging-out the open back doors. I've also contemplated entering a Chrysler Town and Country minivan with the fake wood panelling, and naming the car "I've got a Woody" so that the announcer could have a little bit of fun with it.

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[Anonymous Coward]

...no it isn't... It's a BMW with some stuff added to it for effect.

As long as it has rack-and-peanut steering, it's close enough!

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[triffid_98]

Pretty much. I would have loved to see a proper attempt at this vs cheesy bling + yet another BMW in lemons.

I see no restraints or muzzles in the child compartment, nor is it large enough to hold two screaming brats...er...loving children. Plus the rear end isn't even close.

Re:Real Version of Homer Simpson's Dream Car Built

[ModernGeek]

I agree, the toy car looks like a better version of "The Homer" than the full-sized vehicle. Wasn't the homer supposed to be an $80,000+ vehicle? What's this doing in tech., anyways? I thought we quit putting things like case-mods in idle since about five years ago. This is hardly news, the build is crap, and it has less space than a nomad. lame.

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[Anonymous Coward]

That was my thought as well. I mean it kind of vaguely looks like The Homer, but they did a real half-assed job on it.

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[Man Eating Duck]

24 Hours of Lemons? What's that? Is it related to 24 Hours of Le Mans?

Something like that. [24hoursoflemons.com]

Re: Real Version of Homer Simpson's Dream Car Buil

[petermgreen]

is it related to 24 Hours of Le Mans?

They are both endurance races.
The name 24 hours of lemons is clearly a play on the name 24 hours of le-mans (which is prounounced le mons).

Other than that there is no relation between them. They are basically opposite ends of the endurance racing scale. The 24 hours of Le Mons is a race where you get the top endurance cars on which big teams have spent lots of money compete with each other. The 24 hours of Lemons is a race where people with a bit of cash and some time to spare can have some fun and maybe even win.

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[almitydave]

Yes - the whole point of the 24 Hours of LeMons (I'm a participant in this series) is that it's cheap cars: purchase price + repairs must be less than $500 (safety equipment is exempt). The organizers deliberately tried to keep out overly-serious, throw-the-checkbook-at-it types, to make it accessible to the average guy. Teams typically go with a "theme" to keep the sport fun (keeps out the super-serious types), and the result is a lot of creativity and humor along with real endurance racing.

The organizer

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[lorinc]

le-mans (which is prounounced le mons).

Not really in France. "Le Mans" is pronounced without the final 's' (this is a french classic), with the sound [] [wikipedia.org], like in the end of croissant (again, no final 't'), which doesn't exist in many languages.

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[TWX]

Okay, I'll play... I've been restoring a '78 Chrysler Cordoba and an '82 Dodge D350 crew cab shortbed. For the Cordoba I've built a 408 stroker from a 360 small block, gone through several 904 transmissions before giving up and going to the 727 transmission, and am mid-process going through the body and interior. For the crew cab, I've begun collecting parts and have been gathering information for a Cummins swap in place of the current 318.

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[Cramer]

Have you ever been to a lemons race? This is a long standing standard Saturday night. If you cannot replace a transmission in the rain and mud, by flashlight, then Lemons isn't a place for you. (and most of the time the team's half drunk while doing it.) Formula Un it isn't, but knowing nothing about the car you're racing is not going to turn out well for you.

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[TWX]

Heh. "Formula-Un" might be a good name for a competing circuit actually...

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[TWX]

I'm to the point with an automatic for a Chrysler small block that I can usually grab every tool needed for pulling a 904 or 727 out in a single pass. Battery cable, exhaust X-pipe, differential yoke, cooling lines, starter, torque converter inspection plate, torque converter-to-flexplate, linkages, rear crossmember, bell housing, etc. I've had the transmission out and swapped in again in a couple of hours.

I'm not a mechanic either. I'm a computer guy, who got into cars because I screwed up my compute

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[dywolf]

part of the point though is taking cheap beater cars and costuming them.
who would take a 50/60's classic, assuming you could find one, and turn it into that monstrosity?
literally be flushing money down teh drain.

Not cousin. Half-brother.

[Balthisar]

As says the title, Not cousin. Half-brother.

figures

[k31bang]

I took one look at it and thought "that would be a good build for 24 hours of lemons". Then i noticed thats exactly what it is for. I love that race series.

Here is another great build: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSC9MpCNSAE&feature=youtu.be [youtube.com]

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[PuZZleDucK]

Here is another great build: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSC9MpCNSAE&feature=youtu.be [youtube.com]

Thats more /. style than TFA.

Canyonareo

[Frosty Piss]

I already have a Canyonareo - it's made by Chevy under the Suburban brand...

That is, indeed, the true dream car

[vikingpower]

"Powerful like a gorilla, yet tough in yielding". Gotta love that. $ 82000 is a bargain for such a common man's dream ;-)

Maybe visually.

[anethema]

One of the main ideas of the car is the kids have their own back seat compartment and the parents don't have to listen to them. This one has a normal back seat and just a tiny bubble thing in the back that no one could fit in.

Most of the stuff is just tacked on visually but it still looks pretty funny.

But is it fuel efficient?

[wonkey_monkey]

My car gets fourteen rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.

I always thought...

[Bartles]

...that the Pontiac Aztec was Homer's dream brought to reality.

You there!

[Stephen Gilbert]

Fill it up with petroleum distillate, and re-vulcanize my tires, post-haste!